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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1948
Page
2
The document lists staff positions at the Bonham Daily Favorite including owner and publisher editor advertising director advertising Galeaman lookkeeper office clerk society editor mechanical superintendent linotype operator printer, detailing responsibilities and titles for publication.
A Bonham advertisement lists two homes for sale. A seven room, corner lot residence on East 9th Street with two living rooms three bedrooms dining room and kitchen priced at 10000. A brand new three bedroom home in East Bonham with large living room dining room and kitchen just completed and ready for inspection priced at 12000.
A string of real estate ads offers 6 room and 4 room dwellings with features like hardwood floors, built in kitchens, garages, porches, and corner lots. Properties range from $6000 to $1700 with opportunities for trades, rentals, or development near Lipscomb Addition and Domiciliary surveys. Also advertised are filling stations, groceries, a 42 acre Lot, and requests for Bonham homes priced from $2090 to $4000.
Just completed a beautiful two bedroom home in East Bonham with breezeway and attached garage. Plenty of room and very nice. Price eight thousand dollars.
Features include a three bedroom under construction in Avalon Addition at Liberty and First Streets with down payment $1500 plus FHA charges. Also two FHA homes on Boyd Avenue, a Randolph four room with sleeping porch at $2100, and West Bonham houses priced at $4000 and $3500. Also a two bedroom home three miles out on Highway 78 with 5 12 acres, fenced, city conveniences, for sale or trade.
An occupied Bonham cafe business is offered for sale describing it as one of the town's best with strong past performance. Prospective buyers are invited to inquire for price details and terms.
Governor Sanford Jester of Texas says he cannot attend President Truman's inauguration on January 20. He designates Lieutenant Governor Allan Shivers as his representative and cites his own January 18 inauguration and other duties in Austin as preventing travel to Washington.
Multi item classified notice lists 78 acres of black mixed land four miles from Dodd City with 80 acres pasture and 4 miles from town, a dwelling and barn with water and electricity, possession January 1. Also offers real estate in Ector brick building with stock priced 4000, living quarters, possession at once. Additional lots include a 5 room house with 8 acres for 3600, a nice new home with possession now, and a two block square home with four rooms and some acreage nearby. Contact Ira C. Turner phone 343-3.
Hospital bulletin reports Sumner Welles, former undersecretary of state, in satisfactory condition in Washington. He was found unconscious in a frozen field near Oxon Hill, Maryland, after reportedly suffering a heart attack during a midnight walk. Doctors warn on frostbite possibly needing surgery if conditions worsen.
Mesquite Texas December 20 U P reports the remnant of the city government has assured taxpayers that their pocketbooks will be protected as three council seats are filled and a replacement election is called to restore governance.
A compilation of farm and acreage offerings around Dodd City Bonham Wolfe City and surrounding towns. Multiple tracts described with sizes from 21 to 165 acres, various improvements including barns and dwellings, and asking prices ranging from thousands to hundreds of thousands.
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